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| ID | 418 |
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| Images |
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| Grid Ref | SU6462 |
| Project type | Unknown |
| County | Hampshire |
| Site | Silchester |
| Site Type | Civitas capital |
| Location Type | Unknown |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 1 |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Import | No |
| Place of manufacture | Local |
| Location | Reading Museum |
| Ref No | REDMG 03655 |
| M/F | Male |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Animal |
| Name | Goat |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Is an attribute of | Mercury |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Slightly worn and corroded |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Stylised 2 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | No |
| Height | 29.00 |
| Length | 36.00 |
| Parallels | Boucher 1973, no 234; Fleischer 1967, no 265 |
| References | Pitts 1979, no 176, pl 27; Toynbee 1964, 126; Green 1976, 195, no 27; Boon 1974, 167 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | Small, crude, rather stylised depiction. Rectangular body, no neck. The two forelegs and hindlegs are single posts with legs defined by a central groove. Simple head with beard, horns and tail. Hair depicted by coarse stab marks (Toynbee - shaggy coat). Over body, legs and head. Horns are crescentic, more like those on a cow than a goat. |
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